Day 241 [OPEN] - Wakeup call

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Who: Ibuki Mioda and whoever!
Open: Open forever
When: Day 241, very early in the morning
Where: Around the Monument.
What: Ibuki Mioda arrives at the Bastion... loudly.
Format: Log, but willing to switch to other formats!
Warnings: Scary ghost! 2 spooky!

It was just only becoming daylight at the Bastion when a new arrival would show: A young lady with wild hair. There was nothing particularly extraodinary about her, unless one was to notice the "horns" on her head; but that was only her hair styled to resemble such a feature.

She looked a bit confused and travel-worn; but a one hour walk was really nothing to her. Ibuki was far from exhausted.

And now that she arrived at what appeared to be civilization, where should she go? The apparent center of the village seemed like a good start.

"Yoohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?!" she shouted once she reached the Monument, apparently having no regard for people who may still be sleeping, "Hellooooooooooooooooooooo?! Is anybody here?!"

If nobody came out to answer, she'd have to start invading buildings...

[Edit: Now that she's been given the lowdown on the situation, ... you can still feel free to come across her being loud. Ibuki wants to meet new people!]

[Edit of nostalgic regret: This was before I had Ibuki use -chan and made up weird nicknames instead...]

Comments

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THAT'S THE SPIRIT, IPPO! Ibuki knew she could count on you!

[She puts a hand to her chin...]

Hmm... I think drums would fit you pretty well!

[windgod]

You think?

[Well...he did have a lot of rhythm training with boxing, so it didn't seem like it would be that far of a stretch.]

Would you be able to teach me?

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Ibuki Mioda will transform you into the ultimate drummer!

But be warned, it will be a harsh training regime!

[Probably not nearly as harsh as Ippo's boxing training, though...]

[windgod]

I'm ready sempai!

[There was a faint, greenish glow in his eyes as he clenched his fist, looking deadly serious. If he was going to do this, he was going to throw himself into it 100 percent, there wasn't any reason to do it otherwise.]

1/2

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Hm hm! Ibuki has chosen well!

To start, my kouhai, you-

...

... [Wait a second...]

2/2

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... Ibuki can't teach without a drum set.

[windgod]

Hmm...I don't have anymore shards on me at the moment and I'm saving up for a hot tub at the moment...

[He said, putting a hand on his chin and thinking carefully about this.]

I suppose we could go borrow a pot and some wooden spoons from the kitchen in the meantime?

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Hmmm...

Those don't quite give off the right feel, though...

[she crosses her arms in thought-wait no, she's still carrying her guitar, that makes it hard to do without putting it down]

We can save that for later! There's no rush until we can do it properly!

[windgod]

Alright! I'll work twice as hard then once we can do it!

[Maybe not the best series of words in that order, but at least he seemed enthusiastic?]

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I'll push you beyond your limits!

[Ibuki's just... playing along with it, because why not?...]

[windgod]

Then I'll just keep going until I pass out!

[He has noooooo idea the context other people could be taking this, but he means it all the same.]

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If anybody was listening in on us, they'd probably get the wrong idea.

So bold, Ippo!

1/2

[windgod]

[...What?]

Huh?

[Wait a second...he thought about his words and hers, thinking about them specifically in the order they'd been said. Then it hit him.]

[windgod]

Oh...I uh...I'm very sorry! I didn't mean it at all like that!

[Have very furious blushing and handwaving from the embarrassed boxer. GJ Ippo, GJ.]

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[Ibuki just laughs in response]

Come on, Ippo, let's get some tea!

[And sudden subject change...]

[Though, Ibuki didn't even know if they had tea here...]

[windgod]

T-tea? Oh...I'm sure there's some in the kitchen somewhere...

[Just...let him lead the way here, maybe if he's in front he could hide all that embarrassment he's got going on right now. Maybe. Probably not.]

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[And Ibuki will follow after; wait she'll hoist up the guitar's amp to bring along with because she's not just going to leave that stuff lying around no!]

Hm... I just realized, I don't know much about what you do, Ippopo!

Except that you're a really nice person, a good chef, and accepted a position as my kouhai.

[windgod]

[Please your making him blush worse, if he could put his hoodie back up without it looking weird he would. Instead he'd just stare at the ground as he walked and hope that she couldn't see the red in his cheeks if he wasn't looking at her.]

I...don't really do much other than exercise and help gather shards and cores here, but before coming to the Bastion I was a professional boxer.

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[The first thought of him being a boxer was just how well would he get along with Akane. Gosh, why was it always Akane, anyway? It's not like she didn't know anybody else from the island...]

I knew a gymnast that liked to fight a lot. She probably would've wanted to fight you!

[Well, it still hurt a little to think about the friends that she lost... but she wasn't going to let it drag her down anymore!]

Hm... maybe I could come up with a song about boxing...

[windgod]

Sounds like my sempai Takamura-san...

[This gymnast person and Takamura would have gotten along swimmingly he was sure.]

That would be pretty fun I think!

[He could almost imagine the high energy and fast movement of the music already if it was going to be about boxing.]

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Hm... Ibuki's been getting so many ideas for songs, she's not quite sure which one to start with!

Oh! The shards you were using. Where can Ibuki get those?

[She doesn't want to have to sponge off people forever...]

[windgod]

That...

[He paused mid-sentence. Carefully thought about his words and then spoke. This was something more dangerous that just tossing info around, when the Skyway was concerned, caution needed to be right behind it.]

You get shards out on the Skyway, where you were before you got here. You can find them lying around, but it's not at all safe out there; if you go out, promise you'll come find me or someone else, you shouldn't ever be out there alone.

[Says the person who was out there for three weeks by himself, but that was neither here or there.]

Sound fair?

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[Okay, Ibuki will match your serious for a bit. She'd seen her share of death, and she didn't want to see herself (or anybody else, really) added to that number]

Yeah. Ibuki's not much of a fighter, so if you say it's bad out there, I'll make sure I'm with somebody who can handle it.

[windgod]

Good. I'll go out with you anytime you ask, how's that sound?

[His shoulders and stance seemed to relax almost immediately, as if his body itself had let out a sigh of relief. He wasn't about to lose any more friends to that damned place.]

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That's a round-about way of asking somebody out.

[Ippo, why are you making yourself such an easy target that Ibuki can't resist?]